[UUCP] THIS FRIDAY: "VOTER SUPPRESSION IN NJ"

[Liandra Pires]

*On Friday, April 26th at 7:00 PM, hear speakers Chané Jones and Ron Pierce
>From The New Jersey Institute of Social Justice, talk about Voter
Suppression and Criminal Justice Reform in NJ. *

*Why are almost 100,000 New Jersey citizens denied the right to vote?  Why
does New Jersey have the worst record of any state in the nation in the
disproportionate criminalization of people of color?*

*Chané Jones, Bio*:

Chané Jones is an Associate Counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social
Justice.

Prior to joining the Institute, Chané served as a law clerk in the Criminal
Division for the Hon. Siobhan A. Teare, J.S.C. In 2017, she clerked in the
Family Division of the Essex Vicinage for the then newly-appointed Hon.
Sharifa R. Salaam of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Chané received her law degree from Seton Hall University, School of Law in
2017. While in law school, Chané was elected as the Regional Vice Chair of
the Northeast Black Law Students’ Association and President of the local
chapter. She also served on the Jessup International Moot Court Board and
the Dean Hobbs Interscholastic Mock Trial Board,and was a Comments Editor
for the *Seton Hall Circuit Review*. Chané gained significant experience in
public interest during her time in law school. As a student attorney in the
Juvenile Justice Clinic, she represented minors charged with criminal
offenses in the juvenile courts of Essex County. Additionally, Chané
interned at the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General in the Civil
Rights Division and completed a judicial internship with the Hon. Joseph A.
Greenaway of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

In 2013, Chané graduated from Seton Hall University with a Bachelor of
Science in Diplomacy & International Relations and minors in Economics and
Creative Writing.

Chané is a Newark native and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated.



*Ron Pierce, Bio*:

Ron Pierce is the inaugural Democracy and Justice Fellow at the Institute.

The Fellowship, which is awarded to an advocate who has been formerly
incarcerated, focuses on restoring voting rights to people with criminal
convictions. Ron is a frequent commentator and lecturer on issues related
to voting rights, reentry, and the human rights of the incarcerated. His
writing has been published in NJ Spotlight and Truth Dig. Ron graduated
from Rutgers University-Newark Summa Cum Laude in 2018 and was a recipient
of the Vera Institute Scholarship.

Sponsored by: UUCP Racial & Social Justice Team

Co-Sponsored by: UU FaithAction NJ and Ethical Culture Society of Bergen
County
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*Liandra Pires*

Marketing & Communications Specialist

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palisades (UUCP)

Communications at uucpalisades.org


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